“Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.” ThinkingFiguresSourceDecadesJudasJudas Iscariot Author:John Shelby Spong
“In figure painting, the type of all painting, I have endeavoured to set forth that the principal if not sole source of life enchantments are Tactile Values, Movement and Space Composition.” IfsValuesSpaceFiguresMovementPaintingSourceTypeSolePrincipalCompositionEnchantmentSource Of LifeTactileFigure Painting Author:Bernard Berenson
“There are dozens of writings outside of the Bible that verify the historical accuracy of many of the names of people, places, and events mentioned in the Bible. In fact, external sources verify that at least eighty persons mentioned in the Bible were actual historical figures. Fifty people from the Old Testament, and thirty people from the New Testament.” PeopleWritingPersonsFactsNamesEventsFiguresSourceBibleHistoricalThirtyFiftyDozenTestamentEightyNew TestamentAccuracyOld TestamentVerifyHistorical FigureHistorical Accuracy Author:Charlie Campbell
“There are several other sources of enjoyment in a long voyage, which are of a more reasonable nature. The map of the world ceases to be a blank; it becomes a picture full of the most varied and animated figures.” WorldLongFiguresSourceCeaseEnjoymentReasonableMapsBlankAnimatedVoyages Book:Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary Source: Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary
“The investor has the benefit of the stock market's daily and changing appraisal of his holdings, 'for whatever that appraisal may be worth', and, second, that the investor is able to increase or decrease his investment at the market's daily figure - 'if he chooses'. Thus the existence of a quoted market gives the investor certain options which he does not have if his security is unquoted. But it does not impose the current quotation on an investor who prefers to take his idea of value from some other source.” IfsGivingMayDoeIdeasAbleCertainValuesExistenceSecurityFiguresSourceBenefitsIncreaseInvestmentCurrentsInvestorsQuotationsDecreaseAppraisal Author:Benjamin Graham
“Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn't feel right.” FeelsLooksFiguresSourceJournalismJournalistFeminineImpressiveFeels RightSiliconGullibleEnhancement Author:Larry King
“We should probably figure out a new word for this. For us, "open" means transparent, as in "open source" - you're not locked in to what the original creator did. And in our case "open" also means distributed decision making.” ShouldMeanDecisionCasesFiguresSourceOriginalsCreatorDecision MakingLockedTransparentOpen SourceNew Words Author:Mitchell Baker